By Peter Robison Noah Buhayar

At 17, Emeka Megwa was living a boy’s dream. Chicago-born and Texas-raised, the nationally touted running back stepped from a gangway into a seaplane on the shore of Seattle’s sparkling Lake Union three summers ago.

An Oklahoma football player reportedly has filed a civil lawsuit against the University of Washington for medical negligence when he played for the Huskies.

The Seattle Times reported Thursday that current Oklahoma Sooners running back Emeka Megwa, who played for the Huskies from 2021-22, is suing the university and “nine current or former members of its sports medicine staff, coaching staff, athletic trainers and physical therapists” for negligence in rehabilitating an ACL injury he suffered in June 2021, leading to its reinjury in March 2022.

By Andy Yamashita

Seattle Times staff reporter

A former Husky football player filed a civil lawsuit against the University of Washington Monday seeking damages for alleged medical negligence, according to King County Superior Court records.

February 8, 2024

By Elise Takahama

Seattle Times Staff Reporter

A jury has awarded $215,000 to three families of patients who were exposed to Aspergillus mold in Seattle Children’s operating rooms in 2019 — a fungus that has plagued the region’s largest pediatric hospital off and on for more than 20 years. 

KOMO News February 8, 2024

SEATTLE — Seattle Children's must pay approximately $215,000 to people who were exposed to aspergillus mold inside the hospital.

A Snohomish County man died from a blood infection likely linked to over-the-counter eye drops, which are now being recalled by its company after federal health officials confirmed a nationwide outbreak this week.

Author: Kristin Goodwillie

SEATTLE — In a lawsuit filed Thursday against Seattle University, four former and current students say the school was deceptive, promising a degree that none of the students ever received.

The students were enrolled in a doctorate program but believed they’d be able to attain a master's in nursing.

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — The Grant County Coroner’s Office has identified the teenager killed in a violent crash on August 1.

By Pete O’Cain

Wenatchee World Staff Writer

EPHRATA — A Grant County woman on Friday was found responsible for the death of her husband-uncle in a rare civil murder case.

In November 2019, Seattle Children’s Hospital shocked the public by admitting its hospital had been contaminated with Aspergillus mold since 2001 which sickened and caused the death of numerous child patients.

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